Shopping with Anne

Today has been a busy day. I was up around 0630 and right on time a train went by. I did some exercises and some dusting. Then I enjoyed my coffee in front of my computer.

I woke Jim at 0800 and we both had some breakfast. I had scrambled eggs with onion and red pepper with a side of tomato. Jim had an egg sandwich with cheese. I started on the laundry and dishes.

At ten I left for one of my favorite things to do! Grocery shopping!!! I really do like to shop for food. I had my list and coupons and along with the sales I saved almost $35. Anne saved a few bucks too. I don't think either of us bought anything we didn't need. We were home by noon and after I put everything away I had some lunch.

Jim didn't sleep well last night and he was napping when I got home so I didn't continue with the laundry until he got up. Of course while I was gone he took care of some of it for me. :)

My plans to grill our supper was put on hold. I fixed soup and sandwiches for our dinner. I did the dishes.

We've both had our showers and we've spent the evening watching tv. Dr Who and the Graham Norton show on BBCA.

We had another beautiful sunset but no picture because we were in our jammies!

Did you know today, besides being the fist of May, is also World Fitness Day? I leave you with this:

"Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it. ~ Plato"

Happy New Year

Once again I need to catch up! What can I say? For one thing I'm glad the Holiday Season is over.

Let's go back to Thursday, it was a long day. In the morning we had Couples Dancing, can't say we're getting the hang of it but it is interesting! When class let out we headed over to Karen and Dave's, can't remember why but Jim and I ended up having lunch with them. Karen likes to feed everyone and has no problem with last minute plans.

After lunch Karen and I went with Anne to HEB, what a zoo! But we needed to pick up some last minute items for our table. We made our purchases and headed home. When I got inside Jim was sleeping.....first time the sun had been out in days and he was napping. Not sure how long he'd been sleeping but he slept another couple hours after I got home. When he got up he grabbed a beer and went next door. I made some coffee and joined him and we sat with Anne and Scotty for a bit.

We didn't really have any dinner. We knew we'd have lots to eat at the party, New Years Eve at the clubhouse! Around seven we started getting ready. We both looked nice but I don't have pictures of us.

Jim took all these pictures. At our table were 4 couples, Anne and Scotty, Karen and Dave, Carol and Tom (we met them one time before) and ourselves.


Carol and Tom

Miss Anne looking mighty happy

Scotty and Anne dancing

Our 'dj' Cassandra, she did a real good job with the music. Good mix of country and rock, old and new and some fun stuff like the Chicken Dance and YMCA. During the evening prizes were given out and Jim won a Texas pin for his Chicken Dance and Carol won for the same dance. She had never done it before and claimed she only won because she copied Jim!

Diana and John

Vern and Pat

Dave and Karen

Cassandra

Anne was feeling no pain and dancing in her chair

Line dancing

Trudi and Dan, they won for YMCA

Harvey and Gail

Anne and Scotty

Ron and Mary

Jim and Carol

The party ended at midnight after four hours, we had way to much food to eat from sandwiches to sweets. We brought a lot of wine to drink but only went through two bottles.

Friday I know I went for a walk with Anne, just a stroll around the resort. We checked our garden and found more plants coming up! Then we checked mail and stopped in at the office to wish the staff a Happy New Year.

The day was pretty nice with the sun out, a good way to start the new year. Today was my turn to nap and while I did Jim got the truck cleaned up. Pat and Vern invited us for dinner at five. I steamed some broccoli and cauliflower to take. Five couples gathered and we had a lovely meal, pork grilled outside along with scalloped potatoes, my veggie dish and bread that Anne brought. Karen made two pies for dessert, one strawberry and one chocolate.

We ate outside but once the sun went down it got quite chilly! Vern built a fire in his pit and it helped but before long we had to leave, it was just to cold to sit out.

Once home a hot shower and the furnace running helped warm me up!

Today was another nice day but still much cooler than we like. During the afternoon clouds moved in and I think we might get some rain tomorrow.

For dinner tonight we went with the Scott's and had pizza at Pizza Hut. Those ten dollar pizza's are pretty tasty! We stopped at Karen and Dave's for dessert and I think we finished off the pie's from last night.

Once home we showered and watched TV. Dr Who on BBCA and the show that followed, Demons....not sure I care for it.

Now it's time for bed!

the weather is yucky!

A lovely rose for my readers. I took this with my phone camera just before we went shopping.

I know I shouldn't complain as folks north of us have much colder weather. But we haven't seen the sun in days and today was no different. It did warm up to at least 73 and that's great.

This morning I did a load of laundry, made the bed and did the breakfast dishes. After lunch Anne and I went shopping, nothing exciting, just groceries and a stop at Ulta. We did make a stop a Feldmans where we joined and got a 10% discount on our purchases today. I bought a bottle of Lemoncello.

We stopped at HEB for a couple items then home. It only took us three hours.... :)

While I was gone Jim tidied up the kitchen for me....thanks honey!

Anne made Mudslide iced coffees for our happy hour. Tasty! Then we had tacos for dinner. After dinner we sat around and listened to some Christmas music and chatting. I think we came home around 1930. I cleaned up the mess I made in the kitchen.

We've both showered and we're watching Top Gear on BBCA. Boo is snoozing while we play games on our computers

Hope your day had some sunshine!